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£1 = 20 Shillings <br>
 
£1 = 20 Shillings <br>
 
1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br>
 
1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br>
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1 Guinea = 21s (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br>
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1 Guinea = £21 (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br>
  
 
Money values are written as Pounds Shillings/Pence; eg: 4 pounds, 0 shillings and five pennies would be rendered £4 -/5.<br>
 
Money values are written as Pounds Shillings/Pence; eg: 4 pounds, 0 shillings and five pennies would be rendered £4 -/5.<br>
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''Silver Coins''<br>
 
''Silver Coins''<br>
 
3.0d 'Three Penny' ('Thruppence', 'Thruppeny bit')<br>
 
3.0d 'Three Penny' ('Thruppence', 'Thruppeny bit')<br>
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6.0d 'Six Pence' ('Tanner')<br>
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6.0d 'Six Pence'<br>
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1.0s 'Shilling'('One bob')<br>
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1.0s 'Shilling'<br>
 
2/6d 'Half Crown'<br>
 
2/6d 'Half Crown'<br>
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5.0s 'Crown' (Five bob)<br>
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5.0s 'Crown'<br>
  
 
''Gold Coin''<br>
 
''Gold Coin''<br>
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£1 'Pound'('One Quid')<br>
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£1 'Pound'<br>
  
 
''Notes''<br>
 
''Notes''<br>
 
10.0s<br>
 
10.0s<br>
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£1 'Pound'('One Quid')<br>
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£1 'Pound'<br>
 
£5<br>  
 
£5<br>  
 
Higher notes did exist, but even a £5 note was so rare a shop keeper will usually ask you to sign the back before accepting it.<br>
 
Higher notes did exist, but even a £5 note was so rare a shop keeper will usually ask you to sign the back before accepting it.<br>
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! Name                ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  || Name  ||  Cost
 
! Name                ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  || Name  ||  Cost
 
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| Gold fob watch || £8 10/- || Stop watch || £6 15/- || ladies silver wrist watch|| £1 10/- || Spectacles || 6/6  
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| Gold fob watch || £8 10/- || Stop watch || £6 15/- || Ladies Silver Wrist Watch|| £1 10/- || Spectacles || 6/6  
 
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| Microscope || £4 10/- || Telescope || £3 15/- || Pocket compass || £2 5/- || Box camera || £1 1/-  
 
| Microscope || £4 10/- || Telescope || £3 15/- || Pocket compass || £2 5/- || Box camera || £1 1/-  
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| Brandy flask || 10/-  || Cricket bat || 33/- || 'Stowaway' folding boat || £17 17/- || Webley 12g hammerless shotgun || £22  
 
| Brandy flask || 10/-  || Cricket bat || 33/- || 'Stowaway' folding boat || £17 17/- || Webley 12g hammerless shotgun || £22  
 
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| 100 shotgun cartridges || 15/-  || Webley .455" Mk VI Revolver || £2 6/- || 100 .455 pistol cartridges || 5/- || Butterfly net|| 5/6  
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| 100 shotgun cartridges || 15/-  || Webley .455" Mk VI Revolver || £2 6/- || 100 .455 pistol cartridges || £ || Butterfly net|| 5/6  
 
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| Naturalist's dissection kit || £1 15/- || Pen knife || 8/6 || Skis || £2 12/6 || Picnic basket (4 persons) || £7 19/-
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| Sleeping bag || 80/-   || Camp bed w/ mosquito net || 42/- || Tent 10' x 8' || £14 18/19 || Travelling spirit stove || 7/-
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| Gardening scythe || 7/-  || Electric torch || 10/6 || Portable 'searchlight' || 12/6 || Traveller's medicine case || £2 9/6
 
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| Bottle of Aspirin (100)|| 1/6   || Bottle of hydrochloric acid (1 pint) || 1/6 || Church processional cross || £76 || Burke's peerage || 15/-  
 
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| London post office directory || 55/-  || Wisden cricketer's almanac || 5/- || Dunlop British touring atlas || 3/- || Baedecker's guide to foriegn countries || 12/-  
 
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| The Daily Mail || 1d  || The Times || 2d || Chauffeur's uniform || £5 15/- || Evening dress suit || 11 Gns
 
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| White tropical suit || 30/-   || Plain white shirt || 10/6 || Evening dress shirt || 15/6 || Men's shoes (Oxford brogues) || 69/-
 
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| Pith helmet || 27/6  || Bowler hat || 25/- || Top hat || 32/6 || Cloth cap || 10/6
 
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| Ladies' shoes || 49/6  || Silk stockings || 8/11 || Maid's uniform || 12/5 || Leather driving coat || £15 15/-
 
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| Tin of Heinz baked beans || 6d  || Blue Mountain coffee beans (1lb) || 3/4 || Robertson's jam (jar) || 111/2d || Roses' lime cordial (1pnt) || 2/-
 
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| Tin oysters || 1/1  || Tin of Heinz tomato soup || 6d || Tin China tea (5lb) || 24/8 || Dundee cake (2lb) || 3/6
 
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| Loaf of bread || 1/-  || Dozen eggs || 2/2 || Pound of butter || 2/- || Pound of steak || 1/5
 
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| Bristol cream sherry (cask)|| 144/-  || Cockburn's ruby port (cask)|| 66/- || Johnnie Walker red label whisky || 12/6 || Pint of beer || 6d
 
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| 20 cigarettes || 1/- || 1st class rail, London - Southampton || 16/5 || 10 day Mediterranean cruise || 20gns || Return flight, London - Paris || £12
 
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| Gallon petrol || 1/7 || Bicycle || £5 5/- || BSA 550cc motorbike || £57 10/- || Bus fare (4 miles) || 4d
 
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| 3 bedroom, semi-detached house|| £600 ||Luxury hotel room (1 night) || 8/6 || Hotel breakfast || 2/6 || Hotel dinner || 5/6
 
 
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